South Korean Shares Slide Over 5%, Forcing Brief Trading Halt as Regional Markets Retreat
Seoul, Feb. — South Korean equities fell sharply on Monday, triggering a temporary halt in derivatives trading and setting the tone for a broad pullback across Asia-Pacific markets. The benchmark Kospi index lost more than 5% to close at 4,949.67, while futures on the Kospi 200 dropped by the same margin, activating an automatic circuit […]